Recent reviews by UnhappyLawbro

It really pains me to leave a thumbs down for this game because the industry could definitely benefit from such original ideas & unique gameplay, and Examina definitely has a good game buried underneath one of the worst control schemes ever devised by men.

I get it that unique gameplay requires unique controls, and I can even get behind the motion controlled attacks in spite of feeling like drunken men fighting in dreams. But you simply cannot convince me that the movement controls paired with the vomit-inducing camera motion controls is necessary, without even the ability to adjust mouse sensitivity.

People have defended the control scheme by saying various things such as:
- "the controls are actually very simple!" Well if they are so simple, then surely it would be easy to make adjustment or even come up with an alternate control scheme for people who absolutely hate the current movement and camera controls?
- "Get a better mouse and/or calibrate the sensitivity in windows setting". I play 90% of my Steam games with a controller and my $30 gaming mouse is more than adequate for all my other games. If this one game requires me to get a $100 mouse and actually change my desktop settings just to be able to play it, then the problem is not my mouse, but your game.
- "You will get better with time and lots of practice", checks guy's Steam profile and has 100+ hours in the game... Many of the people giving tips on the game online have been playing the game for YEARS, some ALMOST a DECADE (that's how long this game has been in EA BTW). If your game requires THIS MUCH TIME sink into it, then it's not worth it even if the combat can become really satisfying. I mean with 9 years of training, I can probably become a lot better with medieval fighting styles in REAL LIFE than I could ever be in this game.

I love the Elden Ring Base game but this DLC 2.5 years in the making costing 3/4 of the main game is a big disappointment.

The thing I love the most about Fromsoft games is the exploration and level design, and the DLC just completely falls flat in this aspect. I already very much dislike the big empty open fields in the base game, but the sprawling and carefully-crafted legacy dungeons more than make up for that. But in the DLC, while the big empty spaces meant as filler between locations are still there, the legacy dungeons (feel even insulting to the base game ones to call them as such) feel like a complete after-thought, so much so I had to question if I didn't just miss like 2/3 of the dungeon when I beat the Belurat Settlement's boss because it was literally just a straight line to the boss room with like 1 door as a shortcut (completely unnecessary given how nothing going on in between), few rooftops to jump on that lead to nowhere, and two locked doors with nothing exciting inside. The other two "dungeons" are barely any better, one even smaller in size and the other, while larger, is still a far cry from even the least complex legacy dungeon from the base-game. There are also so many recycled enemies from the base game that sometimes make me forget I'm supposed to be playing a brand new expansion.

If this DLC came out within the same year as the base game and costs $20, I probably would give it a recommend. But at this price and after waiting for so long, it's a colossal disappointment to have one of the aspects Fromsoft has always nailed to reduce to such a joke.

Only bad thing about this is that it isn't a full game.

Just doing my part for the push towards "overwhelmingly positive" for recent review.

We've come a long way, chooms!

It's a great game, but screw Capcom:
- introducing a potential Russian malware into the game after Denuvo expired, years after release...the game has already been cracked so this literally only hurts the paying customers...
- Make you pay real $$$ just to edit your characters?? What's next, $0.99 to change a setting in options?
- Removing free event contents from the game while making 100s of cosmetic paid DLCs for a game they already charged twice for base and expansion. Why not put the same effort into bringing more monsters (even if paid) instead since we are still at least one year away from the next installment but Capcom chose to not support the game anymore.

Adding a potential spyware to a game years after release is a new low in an industry already plagued with disgusting practices.

Really pleasantly surprised by this gem! Fantastic tactical gameplay with some neat RPG elements, with an interesting story and lots of contents and features (some introduced by the DLC).

Bet you never asked yourself this question, but what if Cyberpunk, Shadow Warrior, Dishonored, John Wick, Far Cry, Olympus Has Fallen, 007: Casino Royale, Mission Impossible and Alien: Isolation had an orgy...?

It sounds messy but Phantom Liberty manages to literally take the best elements of all of the stuffs from above and mash it into this perfection:
- pure adrenaline pumping action sequences complemented by the absolutely visceral and flashy & lightning fast-paced combat overhaul introduced by update 2.0.
- Go John Wick against a cold and ruthless dictator in his heavily militarized district
- introducing some of the most memorable, complex and well written video game characters with absolutely mesmerizing performance by Idris Elba, while characters like So Mi, Hansen, Myers and Johnny are all stunning in their own right.
- saving (and possibly crushing hard) on the US president crashing down on you (please step on me Mama Rosalind!)
- Want to be a super spy like James Bond or Ethan Hunt? Say no more fam, stealth infiltration, Casino Royale and high stake impersonation with real-time face implant got you covered.
- Remember to wear your brown pants! I just hope you had some practice in one horror game or good at hide & seek ;)
- choices have consequences...Some will make you giggle like a child because it satisfies your childhood dream of becoming a special CIA agent and swearing a solemn oath because it is so cool, to those that make you question everything you accomplished so far and asks "what the **** have I done...??!"

I have simply never played through any video game campaign that is so packed with action, thrills, suspense, and emotions that just makes me sit down and go "whoa...." when the credits finally rolls up after 55 hours.

Bravo CDPR, that was $130 million well spent...

I played this game and mostly enjoyed it until I played Cyberpunk 2.0 that reminded me that we are no longer in the 2010s.

Probably won't touch it again until few years later when modders actually make it a great game.

Star Citizen
- development started in 2011
- made by 500+ developers
- already spent $500 million in development
- cost a kidney to buy ships
- still far from finished

While I am well aware that there are currently quite some gaps between this game and SC, this game is made by ONE GUY, costs $20, has no microtransactions, and I'm pretty sure it will get a full release before SC.